Yorick vs Tryndamere — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yorick against Tryndamere · 52.39% win rate over 1,483 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Tryndamere owns 4 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Yorick: survive their windows and the game is yours. Yorick wins 52.39% of games vs Tryndamere in top lane (1,483 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1TryndamereTryndamere's Fury crits and Bloodlust healing win the level 1 auto-war.
Level 2TryndamereAt 2 his sustained autos still beat your Q Last Rites trades.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 evens out as your Mourning Mist (E) mark and cage let you peel.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay even with cage timing offsetting his Spinning Slash aggression.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 skill holds briefly, but expect Undying Rage (R) to deny kills.
First itemTryndamereFirst item swings back to Tryndamere as crit autos shred you in melee.
Two+ itemsTryndamereLate, his R and Spinning Slash make him the superior, un-catchable splitter.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Tryndamere owns levels 1-2: his passive Fury builds crit chance fast and his autos plus Bloodlust healing beat your early Q Last Rites trades. Don't try to win the auto-war; farm safely with ghoul soak from Shepherd of Souls and poke with E Mourning Mist when he goes for CS.

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The full Yorick vs Tryndamere report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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